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Title: ledblinky questions:
Post by: cadillacman on August 17, 2015, 09:03:51 pm
hi again fellas.  on my ddr to open itg  project ive given up on proper lighting ever working on this thing...

last light i downloaded led blinky to see how well that will control my pacdrive. I wrote up a simple routine i like to make my spotlights on the ddr machine come on and off in a counterclockwise fashion.

my questions are:

How do i set this routine as the default thing led blinky does?  I'm trying to make it just a standalone thing.

and

Once i have that setup, can i add ledblinky.exe to my startup folder to get it to start and do its thing everytime the pc is powered up?

Thanks guys. I  know nothing about this stuff, im used to factory built arcade games..  all this kind of stuff is all brand new to me.
Title: Re: ledblinky questions:
Post by: cadillacman on August 18, 2015, 11:25:38 am
while in waiting on that part of it, I decided maybe it would be cool if led blinky just sequenced the lights based on audio..    ledblinky cant find any audio device, I have a mobo audio board..  looks like I need to buy a different audio card to put in this pc... MOFO!!!!
Title: Re: ledblinky questions:
Post by: cadillacman on August 19, 2015, 01:16:32 pm
.........................dancing with myself
Oh dancing with myself
Oh dancing with myself
Well there's nothing to lose
And there's nothing to prove
I'll be dancing with myself
If I looked all over the world
And there's every type of girl
But your empty eyes
Seem to pass me by
Leave me dancing with myself.........        >:D

I ordered up one of those cheapie usb audio cards, hopefully that's something ledblinky will recognize and get me over the hurdle here.
Title: Re: ledblinky questions:
Post by: monkeybomb on August 19, 2015, 03:28:19 pm
I have no answers for you, but would like you to know that I support you in this endeavor and look forward to any other Billy Idol references that may result.
Title: Re: ledblinky questions:
Post by: arzoo on August 24, 2015, 07:01:34 pm
my questions are:

How do i set this routine as the default thing led blinky does?  I'm trying to make it just a standalone thing.

You can start LEDBlinky from a command prompt (or script/batch files) and pass the name of your animation file. Here's an example:
<path>\LEDBlinky\LEDBlinky.exe <your animation file>.lwax

The readme.txt and Install & Config.pdf doc have a complete description of all the LEDBlinky command line parameters.

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Once i have that setup, can i add ledblinky.exe to my startup folder to get it to start and do its thing everytime the pc is powered up?

Yes - you can create a batch or script file and put a shortcut (to the batch/script file) in your startup folder. Or you can just create a shortcut to the LEDBlinky executable (LEDBlinky.exe) and modify the shortcut to pass the animation file name.
Title: Re: ledblinky questions:
Post by: cadillacman on August 24, 2015, 08:57:01 pm
Guess I need to educate myself on how to write batch files.... 

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